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Revision as of 19:48, 24 July 2015

Welcome to Civicwiki
Dedicated to Presenting Civic Fact about the Origins of Liberty in America,
How it has Evolved, and the Issues we must now Resolve.
Your thoughtful contributions are invited.

How to Contribute

We need a few people who are attracted to the mission of this site--and would like to help write its essays. Please browse the site.
If what you see appeals to you and you feel the urge to contribute, please join us.
If you think you can improve the site, we would very much like your participation.
There is a wide range of topics--some of which provide essential groundwork. E.g., we need writers of essays about the foundational documents of our country and about the discussions and debates that surrounded their creation and adoption--the Constitution, the Federalist Papers as well as the Anti-Federalist Papers (which expressed some legitimate concerns).
Since this is a wiki (like Wikipedia), it's easy to contribute your knowledge and insights--which is what we would like you to do. . . if you have an interest in, and knowledge of, our topics (to which you are welcome to add) and share our desire for a civil discussion of them.


The constitution of America

The United States began as a society determined that liberty is fundamental to life. That premise, carefully adopted by a newly formed nation, would provide freedom, prosperity, and security for many millions over the next 230+ years. Liberty as a preeminent value has never been common. It was not commonplace then and America's impact can only be understood by examining our heritage, political debates, and evolution of government. We created something new - a constitutional republic with democratic input and a novel approach to government as a protector of the rights of 'the people', put in place because we understood that the coexistence of liberty, prosperity, security, and internal peace is fragile. We bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections. And America became the most successful of countries if personal freedom and well being, are the measures.

  • CW is an analysis of why that government appeared when and where it did, what made it strong, how it has produced its wealth, and how such a diverse society was able to live together peaceably. CW is also about how our government has evolved--occasionally for the good, but becoming increasingly intrusive in our lives, how that harms us all, and what we can do about it now. These discussions are spread across the following topic categories:
A discussion of the drivers behind America asserting independence when it had so recently been proud to be English subjects.
The unique nature of America's Consitution and how it reflected what colonial Americans wanted from government.
When we pursued freedom, it was very often economic freedom we were after.
How do we want government to behave today?

Please also read about the CW mission.

Featured article

Inalienable Rights
Belief in the existence of a set of rights vested in every person is fundamental to the concept of liberty. It is the central premise of the founding of the United States of America. Such rights have been referred to as 'natural', 'God-given', and 'inalienable'.
America's Declaration of Independence contains brief, but compelling, words about "unalienable rights". It is a radical document - but then the founders of the United States were not conservatives - they were radicals in the cause of liberty.(Full article...)

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